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Sergio
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 1:59 pm
by grayk
I would just like to thank Sergio for his time and his help. I am a new user of this forum and have been having a number email conversations with him of a technical nature amongst other things. It would appear that Sergio has helped many people on this forum as well as myself. He is a thoroughly decent and generous guy. How many are there like him? Not many! So cheers Sergio and heres hoping we have loads of forum action in the future.
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 2:11 pm
by rickfan60
I agree, Sergio is a major asset to this forum.
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 2:36 pm
by rickcrazy
It's been a privilege, guys. At your service. Many thanks.
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:49 pm
by rickenbrother
Like Ted said: "Sergio is a major asset to this forum".
...especially guys with pickup woes!
Many thanks to you, Sergio.
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 4:05 pm
by thx1955
Keith, I've been getting a history lesson on Ric pickups from Sergio, very very helpfull, and extremely interesting.
Sergio ... thanks again !!!
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 8:53 pm
by dminer
Paul Yan and I have nicknamed him "The Pickup Guru".... learn from the world famous (at least in here) master of rick pup particulars!! Thanks Serg, I'm still loving the generous work that you did for me...dm
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 9:26 pm
by jnbass
you should hear his pick-up lines!
:0
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:03 am
by rickcrazy
Oh, yes. They work every time, hehehe...
Thanks again, fellows.
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:33 am
by paul_yan
HE'S DA GURU!!!
I can't play without his tone monsters.
He gave me history lessons on RIC pickups with detailed structural drawings 2 years ago and I was enlightened since.
Thank you Sérgio!
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:59 am
by edski
So Sergio is the guy to talk to if you are doing a PU replacement on a Ric? What about wiring changes?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:11 am
by rickcrazy
Not my department. Sorry. But some Forum members have come up with ingenious wiring changes, as you call them, namely Bob Young.
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:30 am
by jwr2
if you guys want to try something on a 4003 to make it hotter and have more treble ... then try putting 500k volume pots in your bass ... I am thinking of trying this on a 4003s5 someday ...
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:01 am
by lars
Technically, how is that working? If the volume is fully open, isn't it shorted having no effect on the cirquit?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:08 am
by grayk
So would it be .0047 cap and both pots changing to 500K to get a bit more treble or would you only do one or the other? Also I have phoned my local music store about the cap and he just called it a 047 cap. Am I safe with this ? When I looked on an electronics retailers website that has a store locally, it only listed 0.047 (and not .0047)capacitors. It is confusing for a non tech head ! It would seem like a commonly used cap for other makes, am I correct in saying this ? Please anyone out there speak in "idiot" just for me ??
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:10 am
by jwr2
Here's some info I got off the internet ...
Control pots are typically wired to control the volume or tone of your instrument. In some other case they are used to blend to sources or signals together, or can be wired to control onboard effects.
250K vs. 500K
Generally, 500K-ohm pots are used with humbuckers and 250Ks are used with single-coil pickups. 25K pots are used for active systems.
You can use any value you like, but a 250K will give a slightly warmer tone than a 500K pot. The 250K pot bleeds off (attenuates) some of the high frequencies to ground. A 1Meg-ohm pot will attenuate even less than a 500K pot, so if you want to hear your guitar "wide open" you may want to try one.